Re: too many characters in constant error

yogi_bear_79 <yogi_bear_79@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I get three errors with the below code snippet.  Can someone help me
> with the syntax?
> 
> char *month = strtok_s(longDate, " ", &nextToken);
> switch ( *month )
> {
> case 'March':

You have too many characters in the above constant.

>      a = 1;
>      break;
> case 'April':

You have too many characters in the above constant.

>      a = 2;
>      break;
> case 'May':

You have too many characters in the above constant.

>      a = 3;
>      break;
> default:
>     break;
> }

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